Tory MP urges David Cameron to ignore 'emotional craving' to help refugees

David Cameron was today urged to ignore the "emotional craving" to be seen as wanting to help people fleeing from Syria.

Conservative MP Philip Davies said Syrian refugees could "not be made any safer" by being allowed into the UK.

"The facts of the matter are that those refugees who have already made it into the EU are already safe and we can't make them any safer," he said.

"Can I therefore urge the prime minister to have regard to the silent majority in this country and base his decisions on common sense and being practical and not based on the affliction of so many other politicians, which is some kind of emotional craving to be seen as compassionate irrespective of the practicalities of the situation."